Events in London - Monday 14th October

The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world. More than 2,500 artists are expected to enter portraits this year, and the most outstanding of them will be put on display at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition will feature everything from informal and personal studies of friends and family, to revealing por... more

Need some inspiration for 14th October? The Battle of Hastings was fought on this day in 1066, resulting in a very painful eye wound for King Harold (have you ever had an arrow in the eye?). William the Conqueror was then crowned king at Westminster Abbey and built the Tower of London to subdue the ruly population.

ReviewScience Museum The first thing you'll see are some original engines by James Watt and Trevithick: big Victorian steam machines about twenty feet tall, beams as thick as tree trunks. It would be great if th…

ReviewBFI IMAX cinema Do you remember all the toys and little stickers we used to get in cereal boxes every time a big movie came out. I used to pick my cereal by which one had the better stickers in it. As soon…